MUSICIAN

Jeff Buckley

1966 - 1997

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Jeffrey Scott Buckley (raised as Scott Moorhead; November 17, 1966 – May 29, 1997) was an American musician. After a decade as a session guitarist in Los Angeles, Buckley amassed a moderate following in the early 1990s performing at venues in East Village, Manhattan such as Sin-é. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jeff Buckley has received more than 12,955,650 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia. Jeff Buckley is the 702nd most popular musician (down from 603rd in 2019), the 3,566th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,147th in 2019) and the 216th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 13M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Jeff Buckley ranks 702 out of 3,175. Before him are Steve Lukather, Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, Louis Prima, Hide, Rick Davies, and Jerry Garcia. After him are Eric Dolphy, Robert Hausmann, Elmore James, Menahem Pressler, Alexis Weissenberg, and Lev Oborin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Jeff Buckley ranks 91. Before him are Dany Boon, Faure Gnassingbé, Ivica Dačić, Nechirvan Barzani, Stephen Baldwin, and Kiko, Princess Akishino. After him are Irène Jacob, Ali-Reza Pahlavi, Rick Astley, Olivier Panis, Müller, and Åsa Larsson. Among people deceased in 1997, Jeff Buckley ranks 119. Before him are Ho Feng-Shan, Saw Maung, Harold Robbins, Luigi Villoresi, King Hu, and Lev Kopelev. After him are Paul Carell, Georges Marchais, Francisco Aramburu, K. Shivaram Karanth, Dick van Dijk, and Adil Çarçani.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jeff Buckley ranks 3,566 out of 20,380. Before him are Dan Flavin (1933), Edmond O'Brien (1915), Diana Hyland (1936), Shirley Knight (1936), Ray Wise (1947), and Marcian Hoff (1937). After him are Eric Dolphy (1928), Cameron Mitchell (1918), David Stern (1942), Charles Coburn (1877), George Raft (1901), and William Atherton (1947).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Jeff Buckley ranks 216. Before him are Scotty Moore (1931), Lee Morgan (1938), Rufus Wainwright (1973), Steve Lukather (1957), Louis Prima (1910), and Jerry Garcia (1942). After him are Eric Dolphy (1928), Elmore James (1918), The Big Bopper (1930), Kenny Clarke (1914), Screamin' Jay Hawkins (1929), and Max Roach (1924).

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